From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2017100223493572157-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > You're always gonna have some holdovers, late actors, when there is a   
   > shift in technology.   
      
   Technology is NOT God...no many how many FOOLS might Worship it!   
   And tracks are fine for practicing or recording, but NOT for Live   
   performances.   
   And that technology is anything but new, though no less Disgusting when   
   MISused.   
      
   I recently saw Beatles videos of an *apparent* performances of theirs but   
   instantly recognized that what they were Obviously Pretending to sing and   
   play was a studio recording...and this was back in the '60s!   
      
   > Heck, some people still believe tube amps are usable :-)   
      
   They are, just a lot heavier.   
      
   > Pro's vs volunteers ?   
      
   NO DIFFERENCE ***IF*** they Truly LOVE Music!!!   
      
   > Yeah, well, we'll see.  The thing is, these guys actually don't have any   
   > clue how loud they are. And there is a simple reason for that.  Partial   
   > deafness.   
      
   More like they don't  Care how loud they are.   
   What they have no clue of is that they're STUPID for Damaging their own, and   
   others' hearing!   
      
   > The attitude is .. the pa is for vocals.   
      
   Talk about old, outdated ideas - that's definitely a big one.   
   I know, PA is for Public Address, implying using it with a mic for vocal   
   amplification...but that's taking it a bit too literally ;)   
      
   > Really.   That's basically what I was told.  Maybe so.  They don't have a   
   > pa capable of anything but primitive monitor sends. One monitor send.   
   > Sad, but totally normal for the bar band scene.   
      
   Just more to carry.   
      
   > Moving to better sound requires better gear and discipline.  Ha, I crack   
   > myself up sometimes thinking either of those is possible in that band ....   
      
   Jim   
      
   Interesting you'd mention that.   
   My Soulmate has a DJ gig coming up and he wanted me to stop by to check out   
   a few problems, and the biggest one is that his PA is not very versatile. It   
   has only one front mounted stereo input consisting of 2 RCA phono jacks with   
   what amounts to almost a trimmer level control for volume, in addition to   
   the  master volume.   
      
   I suggested a new system. Guitar Center has a nice EIA standard rack with a   
   carrying handle for around 49 bucks that'll hold something like a Behringer   
   NU1000 iNUKE stereo amp that puts out 150W per channel into 8 ohms and even   
   more with lower values, i.e. 500W per channel into a 2 ohm load, and it   
   weighs a whopping 6.2 lbs whereas a tube equivalent would weigh at least 10   
   times that and no doubt the price would probably be around 10 times as much   
   too, because this thing is selling for 150 bucks;)   
   Then add to that a stereo i.e. dual 1/3rd octave band eq, and finally a   
   mixer and what a system...it'll work for DJing, for a band, and for a very   
   powerful home stereo.   
      
   Or the mic stand mountable 6.6 lb Behringer PMP500MP3 8 channel 250W per   
   channel stereo power mixer with MP3 player...for 200 bucks...it even comes   
   with capability, via USB receiver connection, for their 2.4 GHz wireless mic   
   system. Behringer sure makes some amazing stuff!   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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